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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22
TOTAL ABSTINENCE.
The POpe's Letter to Bishop Ireland in Favor
of the Movement.


The following is translation of the important
Papal brief in favor of the total abstinence
movement, addressed to the Rt Rev. DR.. Ire
land, Bishop of ST Paul, Mimi, United States
TO Our Venerable Brother John Ireland, Bishop of
st. Paul, Mimi. Leo A1II, Pope:
Venerable Bro,her-Health and apostolic bene-
diction. The admirable works of piety and char
ity by which faithful children In the United
States labor to promote not only their own tenn
poral and eternal welfare but aleo that Of their
fellow citizens. and which you have recently re-
lated to us, give to exceeding great consola-
ton And above all we have re joiced to learn with
what energy and zeal, by of various ex-
cellent associations, and especially through the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union, Won combat
the destructive vice OF intemperance For it is
we'll known to US how ruinous. how deplorable
is the injury both TO faith and to morals that is
to be feared from intemperance in drink Nor
can we sufficiently praise the prelates of the
United States, who recently in the plenary
council OF Baltimore with weightiest words con-
demned this abuse declaring it to be a perpetual
incentive to sin and fruitful root of all evils,
pungng the families of the Incorporate into
the direst ruin, and drawing numberless souls
down to everlasting perditlon: declaring more
over, that the faithful who yield to this vice OF
intemperance become thereby scandal to non
Catholics, and great hindrance to the propaga-
ton of the true religion.
Hence. we esteem worthy OF all commenda-
ton the noble resolve of your pious associations,
by which they pledge themselves to abstain
totally from every kind of intoxicating drink
Nor can it al all be doubted that this determina-
tioa is the proper and the truly efficacious rem
edy for this very great evil; and that SO much
the more strongly will all be induced TO put
this bride upon appetite by how much the
greater are the dignity and influence of those
who give the example But greatest of
all in this matter should be the zeal
| of priests. who. as they are called to
instruct the people in the word of life, and to
mold them to Christian morality. should also,
and above all. walk before them in the practice
| of virtue Let pastors therefore do their best
to drive the plague OF intemperance from the
! fold of Christ by assiduous preaching ard ex-
| hortation. and to shine before all as models of
which this vice threatens both church and state
may, by their strenuous endeavors. be aver;ed.
! And we most earnestly beseech Almighty God
I that. in this important matter HI may gracious
/ IL favor your desires. direct your counsels, and
| assist your endeavors; and pledge OF tho
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

wumps, but to Democrats it is the canse of Bit
ter disappointment and modification.
York Sun
A SIGNIFICANT circumstance III the opposition
TO the Interstate hills that almost all
of il comes from the subsidized and land grant
railroads. especially those which the government
is trying to investigate.-St. Louis PostsD
patch.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has sent 143 veto
messages to the Senate in the two years he has
been in office. This greater number than the
vetoes or all the formor Presidents combined.
If this is not high craftsmanship it certainly is
tall demagogy. -New York Mail and Express
THE way to reform in human affairs is not
through meddlesome laws multiplying the func-
tons OF the government. Business and the peo-
pie will take very good care of themselves if the
lpcapables who demagogue their way into official
places can be persuaded TO look chiefly after the
little things that they understand. incinnati
Commercial Gazette.
For ten years few honest men in the House
of Represent atives sought to pass law govern
Ing interstate railroads, but they received no
support or encouragement from the business in
terests OF the Republic. The Indications are
Ihat. becoming convinced that the law was
hnaily TO be passed. the CORPORATIONS undertook
the TASK OF shaping it to their own liking.
cago Herald.
The lines must be drawn. The two great
polltcal parties still confront each 9th they
did in 1860. To one of these two great parties
tho Sf1iooH III polltlcS must look Tor protection,
for the issue is here Democracy writes well
come" over its door and invites the .rsaloon in
politics to a seat on the platform. 1.he Re-
publican party must accept the challenge or be
branded as moral coward.-Detroit Tribune
THE recent advance in the price of silver
bullion is puzzi.g the financial writer's of the
United States There is apparently NO scarcity
of the raw material and its reputation as a
medium of exchange hasn't impro we'd The
only explanation OF the upward tendency we can
see is that the same little syndicate that has
secured control of the California whea yield has
also managed to corner the silver product.
Chicago Mail.
THE Democratic party long since ceased to be
'the party of the peoples" the laborers have
found it out and are deserving it. Some, of them
coming to the Republican party bee ause it is
truly the friend of labor and proves it by pro
tecting labor from the competition OF foreign
paupers and the remainder casting their io
with the Labor party, leaving Demo cracy 4
battered hulk cast away, wrecked by its OWL
sins.-National Republican.
WHETHER we like it or not-and Wa do not
like tour Republic is TO be made this simmer
the dumping ground of greater quantity than
ever of the social refuse of the old world. We
are menaced not by socialism only but by al
the social evils and moral dstemperss of tn,
earth. And this is our compensation fol, emit
ting the perniciou sly false doctrine tina our re-
publican house is hospital for the morally dis
eased of all nations.-Chicago Times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

THE story is now that Mr.. Jacob Sharpe, Of
Broadway franchise fame, threatens, if hard
pushed, to make a clean breast of the affair,
and to ''show up every one connected with
the deal. regardless of their position or poll
tics. This, it is reported, he will do unless
District Attorney MARITIME agrees not to prose-
cute him further or gives him some assurance
that he will not be convicted. 1t is further
animated that this threatened statement will
involve so many men of importance, not only
in New York but in Albany and Washington,
that .'the very foundations of the Democratic
party will be shaken" A high official in
Washington is mysteriously limited at as
deeply interested in the suppression of the
proposed revelations. His name is not men,
toned, but from facts which came to light
some months ago, it is reasonable TO infer that
the gentleman in question is connected with
the Navy Department That Sharpe knows
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

THE anniversary of Lord Beaconsfeld's
birthday which has come to be known as
primrose Day." was very generally observed
in London, on Tuesday. Primroses were
worn by all classes of people, immense num-
bers of them being visible on the streets, aud
the statue of the late statesman near the
Houses of Parliament, was nearly buried out
of sight by masses of primroses. Wagon-load
after wagon-load of them arrived from all
quarters of London, the decoration having be-
gun e-en the night before. Such display of
floral pieces has rarely been seen. Such a
demonstration is equally honorable to the
dead and the living and shows depth of
sentiment not usually accorded to the En-
olisb
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

A WRITER in the Louisville Courer-J Journal
laments that there are no young Democrats
coming up in this State to take the place of
Hendricks Voorhees, and Mcdonald He
intinates that the young Democracy have
been drawn away from their allegiance to the
old leaders by Governor Gray, of whom he
says: 'He has been remarkably successful
as a politician. but he is nothing if he is not
politician. He possesses dash, courage and
powers of direction and organization. But he
is not the leader that Hendricks was, he has
none of the fire and inspiration of VOORHEES,,
and he lacks The ability of Mcdonald. He is
more crafty than brilliant and his policy is
not to stop with rewarding his friends, but to
be revenged on his enemies. No man who
who cherishes a policy of revenge can long
succeed in politics."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

UNDER an old Maryland law recently re-
vived in the District of Columbia the saloons
in Washington have been closed for few
that city, at meeting Wednesday night,
adopted the following:
'That the recent Sunday closing order of
the Commissioners of the District is beneficial
to large number of wage-workers and others
in that it affords needed day of rest and
relaxation, and this Federation of Labor does
cordially approve the said order of the COM
missioners; that the secretary notify the COM
missioners of the action of the federation"
This puts Sunday observance on a practical
ground and one that should commend itself
to large class of workingmen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

THE brilliant and dashing" correspondent,
Colonel Burdette, whose ornate letters were a
distinctive feature of the Courier Journals dec
orative literature during the recent session of the
Indiana Legislature, contributes the following
interesting bit of information to yesterdays is
sue of his paper:
''Mrs. Zereda Segun Wallace, of Indiana. will
deliver a lecture on 'Woman's Rights at the
court house in Richmond. KY, next Saturday
evening Mrs. Wallace is not only a captivating
opera singer, but entertaining lecturer as
we'll. She is a Kentuekian by birth, being the
daughter of DR.. Saunders, once a prominent
physician of this State"
If the Colonel keeps on telling what he thinks
he knows about Indiana people in this reckless
fashion. the Courier-Journal will speedily attain
high rank as humorous paper. AS biograph-
ical Buttercup rs. N. b. is phenomenal sue
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

A SPORADIC case of recognition of woman's
tights occurs where it would least be ex-
pected, in the conservative State of Kentucky,
where Mrs. Amanda 7. Million is candidate
for school superintendent in Madison county.
The lady's husband was elected to the Office
last year, and died few days after the cleo
ton. She was appointed to fill the vacany
until the next election. which occurs in
August, aud is now candidate to fiji out the
three years of her husbands unexpired term.
1t will probably be found, as time passes, that
women are peculiarly qualified for school
offces
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

JUDGE BREWER, of the United States Court
seems to have some excellent views in regard
to law and justice. In the case of one of the
Democratic bosses convicted at st. Louis of
election frauds motion was made for new
trial on the ground that the defendant had
not been arraigned to plead to the Indictment
on which he was tried. The court overruled
the motion. In doing so the Judge said that
the granting of a new trial on technicalty
was almost trifing with justice A sentiment
so we'll conceived and admirably expressed
ought to be printed in big letters in every
courtroom in the land Judge Brewer went
on to review the case, and said that, notwith-
the decisions adduced, he was clearly of
opinion that no advantage had been taken of
the defendant He knew the substance of
the charge on which he was tried, and the
failure of the record to show that he pleaded
to the indictment was at most but technical
error. Judge Brewer said he believed the
federal statutes were intended for liberal
construction, and that, as no substantial
wrong had been done the defendant by the
failure to have him plead to the Indictment
the court would not trife with justice by
orarturning tine solemn verdict of jury on
account of technical omission. 1t is refresh
ing to find judge who can thus apply the
principles of common sense to the admins
tration Of law, and go to the gist of a question
without sticking in the bark. The country
needs great many more judges of that sort.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

anything derogatory to eminent Democrats
is, of course, denied by the faithful party
organs, but the public will await the outcome
of events, and if Sharpe is not brought to
justice, as well as the aldermen whom lie
made parties to the steal, the inevitable con-
clusion will be that Influence" has been
brought to bear in the proper quarter The
situation is critical, and the foundations of
the party of reform must be preserved at all
1,,dc
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

THE citizens of ST. Louis having signed their
hundred thousand names to an invitation TO
Preside Mt Cleveland and his .'estmabe wife" to
visit that city. the blanks containing the sigma
lures are to be bound in carved-wood covers.
which are to be further ornamented with silver
buttons and plush trimmings At first thought
this expensive enshrining of ST. Louis auto
graphs seems waste of good material but the
volume may be made useful after all. Mrs.
Cleveland utilize it as scrap book and paste
pretty little pieces of poetry over the names.
This suggestion is offered to the lady of the
White House free of charge
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22
THE ABscoND1SG MRS. HOWE.
Rcston's Female Bank Swindler Joins Il
Gang in Montreal.

Roston's Female Bank swindler Joins the
Gang in Montreal
st. John IN. 3D. Special.
Mrs Sarah E. Howe, the adroit bank swim
der, arrived here on Saturday, accompanied by
young lady of genteel appearance, who acted
as business agent They brought eight large,
new trunks all filed with wearing apparel and
household effects. The young woman told the
ba ggage master that her mistress whose name
ws.s Chase, was going to start boarding-ho
he re, that her own name was Smith. and that
She had relatives at Grand Lake n. b. Miss
Smith offered $500 year. a months rent In ad-
vance, for a brick house on Orange street The
house is located on one OF the quletest and most
ar stocratic streets in the city and right between
til @ residences of Gen. ID. 3. Warner, ex- nited
States consul, and President McClellen. of the
detunct Maritime Bank.
The curiosity of the neighbors was greatly ex-
cited by the appearance of the two women.
They had not long been domiciled when the al
IL ged Mrs. Chase called upon the agent of her
la ndlord with newspaper containing descrip-
tion of Mrs. Howe, and asked him if q person
could be arrested here for larceny in the United
States He replied Mo-
subsequently the landlord waited upon ner
with the paper, and asked her if she was not the
woman therein described She denied at first
but finding that denial was useless sha admitted
that she was Mrs. Howe, and that she had
skipped away from Boston to avoid arrest
The waiting maid stated that the only money in
MRS Howes possession was $1,000, which she
She had beer making preparations to stay all
winter Mrs. Howe has intention of going
back to Boston. unless compelled to do So
the maid expressed surprise that peope could
be found foolish enough to deposit their money
with Mrs. Howe. and said they deserved 70 lose
it Mrs. Howe very nervous after making
her confession, and seemed in constant dread or
being arrested. She consulted legal gentlemen
here the result of which was that she at once
began packing up. She stated that she hoped
to live here in quetness. and had even gone so
far as to offer TO purchase President McCleHen
!. furnitnra Yesterday afternoon all her trunks
were conveyed to the railroad station. They
were marked ..Susan Green" and were billed to
Montreal Mrs Howe and her maid also pur-
chased tickets for Montreal, and at o'clock took
the train for that city. ,
To-Day letters addressed to Mrs. Howe.
Orange street. arrived from Boston. but, OF
maid estatad that Mrs Howe had very little
money with her, those who had business to
transact with her say she had an abundance of IT.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

ALL the flags in Milwaukee were placed at
half-mast out of respect to the memory of
Alexander Mitchell. And yet no one has
been heard to declare that Mr.. Mitchell, with
all his millions, was public-spirited citizen,
or that he had endeared himself to the people
of Milwaukee by his interest in their welfare,
or by his charities. There is some reason for
the suspicion that the tributes of respect had
partial reference, at least, to the number of
dollars left by the deceased
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

EDWARD A. MoRELEY, secretary of the
Interstate-railroad Commission, in addition to
his other qualifications, is member of the
Democratic State central committee Of Massa-
chusetts, and of the executive committee.
When not engaged in constituting the long
and-short haul he can do little work at
setting things up for Cleveland in Massachu
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

ONE argcment used in favor of universal
street sprinkling in st. Louis is that streets
which are we'll sprinkled are easier to keep
clean, and that the cost of municipal street
cleaning would, therefore, be reduced. This
argument would hardly hold good in Indian
apolis. What sprinklipg will do here is to
scraped up and hauled away, but isn't.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

THE New York World says: '1ntelligent
and sensible negroes know that the worst
thing that.can happen to their race is to have
the color line maintained in politics at the
South" The maintenance of the color line
is bad, but not the worst thing that could
happen to the colored race in the South. A
worse thing has happened to them in the en-
tire destruction of their political rights.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

If the city councils which have been elected
from time to time to look after the interests
of the people had not carefully protected the
Citizens Street-railway Company against the
dangers of competition, line of cars would
now be running to Crown HILL the track on
Central avenue would emerge from the gravel,
crosst town lines would be built and the gen.
eral accommodations be infinitely improved
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

New York and Pttsburs society" seems to
be injured in its feelings because all information
concerning the marriage of the rich iron m aster,
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie. which is expected to take
place to-day, has been concealed from its knowl-
edge until almost the last minute. Mr.. Carnegie
and Miss Whitfield were sufficiently independent
to go their own way, regardless of public inter
est in their affairs, but they really ought not to
have deaed convention and superstition to the
length of being married on Friday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22
COMMENT AND OPINION

SAUNDERsoN, Healv and Sexton would be
shining lights in the Indiana Legislature. -Pitts
burg Chronicle.
WHEN little intelligence is exerted in order
to reach its real meaning it will be found that
wherein the mugwumps esteem Mr.. Cleveland
better than his party is where he differs from it
in politics Politics. and nothing else Is the bot
tom of their morality. This 10 doubtless a
source of unalloyed satisfaction to tue mug
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

THERE is lamenting in many household
in Indianapolis these spring days, because the
lack of cheap means of transportation rem
ders visits to Crown Hill for the purpose of
decorating beloved graves practically impossi-
BILE. And yet, according to the News, Indian
apolis has ''the best streetcar system in the
counfry -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

divine protection, and as testimony of our "a
ternal affection, we most lovingly bestow upon
ciates in this holy league, the apostolic benedic-
tion
Given at Rome, from St. Peters, this 9th dav
of March. in the year 1887 the tenth year Of our
pontifcate. LEO XIII, Pope.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

THAT portion of the indianapolis public
which does travel on the streetcars may
cherish reasonable doubt as to whether the
editor of the News ever saw the inside of the
transfer car. If he really has, then singular,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

LONDON newspapers are making prepare
tons and employing correspondents in antici
patton of war on the continent in the near
future. The opinion prevails among English
journalists that war is sure to come before
very long, and that it will come on very
short notice
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

ACCORDING to the News, the Indianapolis
public should submit to imposition rather
than to ''inJure the reputation of Indianapo-
lis" by the admission that it is the victim of
grasping monopoly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

IF Queen Kapiolaui makes good use of her
time while visiting in this country and
Europe, she WILL when she gets back to
Hawaii, be in possession of an education that,
for ruler of the ''cannibal islands" may be
regarded as quite liberal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

THE City Council of st. Louis has taken the
dust question in hand in way which indi-
Gates that it means to do something before
the "middle of summer" The fact seems to
be realized over there that an emergency
exists. Here they want month or two in
which to daliheratA
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

THE new Second Comptroller of the Treas
ury, Mr. Sigourney Butler, of Boston, is a
graduate of Harvard, lawyer by profession,
is one of the Democratic magnates of Massa-
chucaftc
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

Four hundred young men Of Louisville
have formed an organization for business pur-
poses and to "boom' the city. The idea is
good one and worthy of imitation. There is
in every city large number of active. wide
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22
Telephone Calls,
TeIephOne CAIIs
Business Office o3s Editorial Rooms 242

IT is not a 'lbel" on the people of Indian
apolis to say that the street-car system of this
city is one of the worst in the country and
that the transfer-car, for instance, is an
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

Edgar Thomson steel works. May your joys
be as unprecedented as was the output Of the
Edgar Thomson steel works during March,
1887" Such neat combination of business and
sentiment could only proceed from counting
room. and indicates that the steel works num-
bers among its employees an advertising genius
of the highest order
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Exchange in Europe, 449
Strand.
PARIS--American Exchange in Paris. 80 Boulevard
des Capucines.
NEW YORK-Gedney House and Windsor Hotels.
CHICAGO-Pamer House.
LOUISVILLE-C T. bearing, northwest corner
Third and Jefferson streets.
ST. LOUIS-Union News Company, Union Depot
and Southern Hotel
WASHINGTON. D. C.-Riggs House and Ebbitt
House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22

THE plating Of town lots, additions and
subdivisions" on farms adjacent to Noblesville
suggests the awful thought that that town means
presently to annex Indianapolis as a suburb